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The Costumes Are Coming

Colleges are pilloried each October by conservative media for being overly concerned about students offended by Halloween costumes. But do those stories miss the hands-off approach colleges often take?

Globalized Higher Ed

More than half of all research papers published by academics in France and Britain now have at least one international co-author. Share lags in U.S.

Ball State frats to go alcohol-free through January 2018

Ball State University staff and presidents of the 13 fraternities included in Ball State’s Interfraternity Council have agreed there will be no more social gatherings at fraternity houses or co-hosted events by fraternities that include alcohol, or otherwise, until after Jan. 31, 2018.

Peer Review’s Give-and-Take

About that peer-review crisis … There isn’t one, at least in terms of quantity, according to a new study of article submissions and reviews completed in the social sciences. But those who write many papers might not be reviewing their fair share.